NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Across
1 Trace of smoke 5 Mcentire known as “The Queen of Country” 9 Like aged cheddar 14 Length x width, for a rectangle 15 Major monitor maker 16 Flooring installer 17 Engaged in some risky behavior 20 “Eww, I didn’t need to know that” 21 Nonnegotiable salary limit 22 Microphone jack, for one 27 Sit-___ (some protests) 28 “Thar ___ blows!” 29 Poetic contraction that omits a “v” 30 Measure of time, in music 32 Alternative to a station wagon, in brief 33 Cook for too long, say 35 Chunk floating in the Arctic Ocean 36 “I’m appalled!” 41 “Whose ___ Is It Anyway?” (long-running improv show) 42 Alphabetically first group in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 43 Curtain hanger 44 Watch over, as a fire 45 Agcy. for drivers 46 Veer suddenly 47 Flaky fish 48 Be honored before burial 52 Portuguese or Spanish 55 French word that sounds like an English pronoun 56 With 67-Across, in a sudden and completely apparent way ... or a punny description of this puzzle’s circled letters 62 Enclosures for shark watchers 63 The “R” of I.R.L. 64 Messy, semiliquid substance 65 Analyze, as ore 66 Droops 67 See 56-Across
Down
1 “A good time ___ had by all” 2 Tick off 3 Dolphin’s home 4 Labelle known as “The Godmother of Soul” 5 Half-diameters 6 Prefix with system 7 Jerry’s partner in ice cream 8 Bespectacled cartoon aardvark 9 Move slightly 10 Rear 11 Activist who cofounded Black Lives Matter 12 Disavow 13 Gets ready 18 Genre sometimes mixed with rap 19 Word before trick or tip 22 Aide: Abbr. 23 “That’s not true!” 24 Appetizers sprinkled with paprika 25 “Awkwafina Is ___ From Queens” (Comedy Central series) 26 George Eliot or Mark Twain 30 Letter after alpha 31 Mis-enter a passcode, say 33 Assemble, as a book 34 ___ with caution 35 Fella 37 Greed, gluttony or sloth 38 “Duh!,” in modern slang 39 Source of milk for some cheeses 40 Relatively easy section of a jigsaw puzzle 44 Wolff who wrote “This Boy’s Life” 45 Certain restaurants … or their customers 47 About, in dates 48 Place to wear goggles 49 Christmas carols 50 Take to court 51 Little bit of color 53 Mother of Zeus 54 ___-bitsy 57 Steaming cupful 58 Make like a puppy’s tail 59 Smallest poodle variety 60 Clod-breaking tool 61 Records with only a few tracks, for short